We are not above nature...

I usually try not to rant, but I can't help it this time.  I was Performing at a "Save the Owls" benefit.... where a bunch of rich people get together for $1000 a plate and act like they can control nature.  Now, I'm all for saving things that need to be saved.  However, all they talked about the entire night was how "Majestic" and "Beautiful" the animal was... Not ONCE did they mention WHY we actually NEED these things on the planet...and it's because there isn't a reason, other than the fact that rich people think they're pretty.

Why is it that we only try and save the "cute" things?  You'll never see a bunch of rich people throwing a "Save the Spiders" benefit, even though they are invaluable to the ecosystem.  You won't see it because they're ugly.  They'd rather spend they're time saving an owl that does F**K all, but looks cute.

It's a great reflection of our society - the fact that "Cute and Useless" is more valuable than "Ugly and Hardworking".  I'm a big believer in evolution, survival of the fittest, natural selection, etc... a.k.a. "Nature".  If a species is going extinct it's because nature doesn't need them anymore, and humans will be phased out eventually as well.  Nature is one big "employer", expanding and downsizing at the exact same time.

The arrogance that we think we can choose what should stay and what should go is mind-boggling to me.  They'll save the cute things, even if they're DANGEROUS.  Polar bears!  They are cute, interesting, beautiful and will RIP YOUR HEAD OFF if given the chance.  They're one of the most aggressive creatures on the planet -  Yeah it's sad to see one drowning in the Arctic, but there's a reason the guy shooting that footage DIDN'T help the bear....it would have KILLED HIM.  It doesn't care who you are and how much you want to help it.   You could be the biggest Polar Bear activist in the world - throwing benefits by day and touching yourself to Coca-Cola ads at night, and if you came face to face with a Polar Bear, 10 times out of 10 it will DESTROY you!... "But they're so cute in the Soda ads" - give it a Coke bottle...It'll bust it on the bar and jam it in your NECK, it doesn't CARE!  Don't save anything that wouldn't save you - or at least try to save the things that wouldn't KILL you.

We're going to "Save Ourselves" right into extinction if we're not careful... CHIMPS! - another good example... how many specials do we have to see with people talking behind shrouds before we realize these things are DANGEROUS?!  Yeah they're cute... but we don't need them... Evolution - WE are the NEW CHIMPS!  They didn't make it over the hump, sorry, but that's nature.  However, instead of just letting nature take it's course, we have to try and drag it along with us...teaching them sign language, just waiting for them to get ahold of some Chemicals, Learn how to talk, then enslave the human race!  And that'll be our fault for thinking we were above nature.

You saw the movie...when the roles were reversed they ENSLAVED us! On the other hand - yes I know that Zoo's exist, but it's not manual labor, they just have to sit there and "Be a Monkey".  It's not like we're throwing them into factories to make Nike Shoes and iPhones.

I just wish people would stop wasting resources trying to control what can't be controlled - We are part of nature, we're not above it.